This year’s curator, Paul Tunge, takes his starting point in his own frustration at how modernism is so often made the scapegoat in today’s architectural debates—particularly when high-rises at Løren and similar projects are mistakenly referred to as modernist. Such buildings stand in sharp contrast to modernism’s core principles: an understanding of materials, harmony with nature, and a strong sense of space. Perhaps it is time to reassess and clarify our terminology, so that we can better distinguish between modernism’s visionary roots and the commercial dilution of its ideals today.
Arkitekturfilm Oslo 2025
27 February – 2 March 2025
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The architecture of the 20th century, especially after the 1920s, is often grouped under the term modernism. This year’s films offer different perspectives on postwar modernism and its influence.
The modernists sought to break with tradition and create new expressions. As a style and epoch, modernist architecture emphasised material awareness, integration with nature, spatial experience, natural light, engineering, innovation, and a joy of creation. The films in the program explore architects’ careers, how architecture shapes us as people, the photographer’s gaze on buildings, the often-hidden role of the engineer, questions of preservation, and how architecture can contribute to gathering and shaping us as a society.
Filmprogram
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An Engineer Imagines, Marcus Robinson.
Anselm, Wim Wenders.
Arata Isozaki, Early Works in Japan, Michael Blackwood.
Architecton, Victor Kossakovsky.
Die grosse Stille, Philip Gröning.
Flow, Gints Zilbalodis.
Hokus Pokus Albert Åberg, Torill Kove.
Lewerentz Divine Darkness, Sven Blume.
Moderne tider, Charles Chaplin.
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet.
Proof of the Pudding, Patrick Minks & Jaap Veldhoen.
Aalto: Architect of Emotions, Virpi Suutari.
PAUL TUNGE
Paul Tunge has written, directed, and produced the feature films Kano, Demning, Fountain of Youth, Du, Invitasjon til Selvransakelse, and Reharmonisering, as well as the documentary Mind of Modernism, which consists of three segments on Norwegian modernist architecture. His films have been shown at prestigious galleries and film festivals across all continents, including New Horizons in Poland, Mostra São Paulo, Film Fest Ghent, Film Fest Hamburg, Helsinki International Film Festival, Gothenburg Film Festival, and the Autumn Exhibition in Oslo.
In 2015, Demning won Natt & Dag’s Film of the Year Award, as well as Best Film and Best Actor at Indie Lincs Film Festival in England.
Arkitekturfilm Oslo 2025 is supported by Sparebankstiftelsen.
